Opinion: Bay State Brawl

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... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... the breaking news out of the Bay status at the Republican newcomer Gabrielle Gomez ... will take on Democrat and marquee ... for John Kerry's open Senate seat ... here talk about the race is America's columnist Mary Anastasia O'Grady ... Mary Mr. Gomez was not the initial GOP front runner ... how is he prevailed ... over his competitors ... while he for some of you look at his person on resume you can see that he's a very ambitious ... individual twenty oh one ... the guy he's the son of Colombian immigrants time he says that he learned to speak English we went to kindergarten he was born in melange ... aam and he went to Harvard business school he stayed Massachusetts he got into private equity say mean a lot of money ... on me he spent money in the campaign ... I he I have made a personal loan to his campaign of six hundred thousand dollars and I think you've raised in an equivalent amount ... um and he had some more in his fiance groups ... supporting him ... and his competition I think la Mike Sullivan ... I've that initially thought that he added The was a more issue and ... I Cecile an attorney ... right he was the U S attorney and I he he was also a former legislator ... in Massachusetts and ah ... and so I think in a lot away is that Ryland Gomez surge came out of nowhere and because he has ... um you know who sees the most charismatic guy that he was certainly ... the of the three that were running ... high he has some you know ... that the ability to them speak to the camera while it doesn't own a lot of political experience is the place to refer to you in your view ... all I think that would be a drawback um because a I do think you know that that a deal in Washington these days it would help to cut and know how politics is played ... but um I'd I don't think that has to be the reason that would be the reason he was a sunny isn't very in ... a blue state ... on the Democrats outnumber Republicans about three to one although independence of the largest group ... and I think the fact that she on ... you know it is very aggressive and vicious I he's kind and and Martinez the Democratic nominee to run for his money is really because the as the Hispanic and she said that with that lesson the last ninety one to Mr. Markey ... um he's really far to the left to carry on things like energy on climate change ... but in this economy is that a vulnerability for Mr. Markey what should be but a camera Tech and ... um but I think in every of the Mazza smart hell trying to ... expose that is a vulnerability in particular ... I mean if you think about the energy sector ... on my key was that guy in a subcommittee hearing in two thousand eleven explained everybody why we should help him back ... to DC on drilling off its coast ... because that would be good for American jobs in American business and yet he's blocking the Keystone pipeline ... so there's no there's a lot there for Gabriele Gome has to ... go after they were to watch this race really closely America's columnist Mary position pretty thank you so much for being on show